FNUS73 KMPX 291134
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR D-32-8...CAMP RIPLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
634 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
BREEZY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AS
LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID 60S BY
AFTERNOON...ALLOWING HUMIDITY TO FALL TO NEAR 30 PERCENT.
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING
INTO OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND
ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH BREEZY AND
MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 16 TO 21 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-30700) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (57400-103000) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (120300-144800) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (91900) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4200-5300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 3200 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 30 TO
                    38 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............45     52     59     63     64     57
RH..............50     47     40     34     34     49
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 12   S 16   SE 19  SE 19  SE 18
20 FT WIND GUST.10     20     30     35     35     30
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      4      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 80
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 6
                    TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (19200-61800).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 51.
RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (17800-56500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (63800-69800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-3900 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 TO 26 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...MATT GRAEVE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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